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OLA DUROWOJU

Chicago

Summary

Dynamic Project Manager with a proven track record at Baxter, adept in stakeholder management and vendor coordination. Expert in MS Project and communication strategies, driving successful project outcomes while fostering collaboration across teams. Recognized for delivering projects on time and within budget, ensuring compliance and quality standards are met.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Project Manager

Baxter
Round Lake
09.2022 - Current
  • Communicate project value to stakeholders for endorsement as needed.
  • Facilitate communication with project stakeholders, including owners, scrum masters, and business analysts.
  • Lead multiple projects across product labeling business units from initiation to closure.
  • Monitoring and controlling projects throughout the lifecycle to mitigate risks and delays.
  • Drive CX team to deliver outputs within scope, time, cost, and quality constraints.
  • Oversee product quality by reviewing inspection reports and ensuring compliance.
  • Implement document change plans and managed change control documents within monitoring system.
  • Facilitate meetings to provide stakeholders with updates on schedules, scopes, and priorities.

Project Manager

Design Publishing House
01.2021 - 08.2022
  • Lead project development plan activities including project launches, budget, scope changes, tracking, and presentation of key milestones to management, team, and client.
  • Provided expert project guidance/support proactively from client intake, implementation through completion.
  • Ensured project objectives, deliverables, deadlines, and requirements are clear and agreed upon by the client, senior management, and all internal team stakeholders.
  • Prepared presentation materials such as: meeting minutes, project scope and budget plan for leadership and internal teams.
  • Worked collaboratively with both the client team and with cross-departmental teams to foster strong project collaboration and commitment while implementing project objectives.
  • Responsible for building and executing project plans, assigning resources, and gaining alignment on projects all on budget.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to support new product launches and track progress to project goals.
  • Served as communications lead for the duration of the scheduled event, providing best-in-class communications practices to build and sustain business narrative and performance.
  • Provided timely communication by producing weekly reports and budget updates on project status.
  • Worked collaboratively with team lead to identify high impact internal and external communication opportunities to enhance awareness and understanding of operations.
  • Managed external vendors and contractors to ensure product support (marketing, writing), and other proper resource allocation.
  • Initiated and coordinated communication needed to gain leadership consensus on all products and projects.

Healthcare Project Manager

Serenity Health Care
10.2019 - 01.2021
  • Led all healthcare practitioner and insurance project development plan activities, needed to successfully deliver on target deadlines.
  • Responsible for isolating each client with their respective insurance provider and being conversant with the different insurance policies and updates, per account.
  • Gathered business requirements, developed project plans with milestones, defined and executed project cutover and contingency plans, and coordinated and provided post-implementation support.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to build communication plans and allocate resources to execute project scope and budget.
  • Facilitated weekly planning, project review, and scope updates through project debrief sessions.
  • Ensured teams were audit compliance with SOP and other governance policies and adherence to corporate standards.
  • Partnered with the health support agencies to address any changes that impact the quality, schedule, or budget of projects.
  • Supported operational requirements and was the key communication lead for organizational communication.
  • Managed all assigned accounts through client in-take, project status updates report, to financial logs, for all assigned projects.

Product owner (project management)

Lekki Concession Company - an Automotive/Road Company
05.2013 - 09.2019
  • Supported operational and software implementation processes while functioning as project communication lead.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with cross-functional teams by working with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Served as communications lead for the duration of the scheduled event, providing best-in-class communications practices to build and sustain business narrative and performance.
  • Developed detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans and status reports for all projects.
  • Established strong working relationships and promoted multi-directional communication within and across teams.
  • Provided recommendations and assisted in the establishment of effective protocol policies.

Education

Masters - Public Administration

Ajayi Crowther
01-2015

MPA - Public Administration

Ajayi Crowther University
Nigeria
08-2015

Bachelors of Art - International Relations

North American University
10-2013

Skills

  • Word
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Access
  • Outlook
  • SharePoint
  • MS Office
  • MS Project
  • Vendor Management
  • Stakeholder Management

Timeline

Project Manager

Baxter
09.2022 - Current

Project Manager

Design Publishing House
01.2021 - 08.2022

Healthcare Project Manager

Serenity Health Care
10.2019 - 01.2021

Product owner (project management)

Lekki Concession Company - an Automotive/Road Company
05.2013 - 09.2019

Masters - Public Administration

Ajayi Crowther

MPA - Public Administration

Ajayi Crowther University

Bachelors of Art - International Relations

North American University

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